Biology:Diplopogon
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Short description: Genus of grasses
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| Kingdom: | Plantae
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| (unranked): | Monocots
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| Genus: | Diplopogon R.Br.
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| Species: | D. setaceus
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| Diplopogon setaceus R.Br.
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Diplopogon is a genus of Australia n plants in the grass family. It was first described in 1810 by Robert Brown.[2] (As of 2017) it contains only a singles species, Diplopogon setaceus, found in southwestern Australia. It is similar to the genus Amphipogon, the only difference being the awns of the lemma.[3]
It grows in seasonally wet areas, swamps, and fringing watercourses from Nannup to Albany. It flowers in spring and early summer in a greyish head of multiple spikelets.[4]
References
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Brown, Robert (1810). Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae. p. 176. https://archive.org/details/prodromusflornov00brow.
- ↑ Australian Biological Resources Study (2002). Flora of Australia. 43. Csiro Publishing. p. 374.
- ↑ Wheeler, Judith Roderick; Marchant, N.G.; Lewington, Margaret (2002). Flora of the South West: Bunbury, Augusta, Denmark. UWA Publishing. pp. 412–413.
Wikidata ☰ Q2125375 entry
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